Potence

Name:	Potence
Symbol:
Pronunciation:
Clans:	Brujah, Giovanni, Lasombra, Nosferatu
Bloodlines:	Blood Brothers, Gargoyles, Guruhi, Osebo, True Brujah, Warrior Setites, Xi Dundu

Potence is a Discipline that grants the vampires supernatural strength. Each dot grants an automatic success on any rolls involving Strength, and does not require activation.

Official Abilities

There are no individual powers for Potence until level 6. At that point characters may choose to gain additional automatic successes to Strength or choose a unique power. Included below are the official powers described in supplements for Vampire: The Masquerade and Dark Ages: Vampire. Sources are described below in the order they were printed.

Advanced Powers

• ^[1]
  • Imprint: Squeeze so hard you can leave imprints in solid steel
  • Master of the Forge: Create exceptional metalwork tools and weapons
  • Relentless Pursuit: Make extraordinary leaps through the air
  • The Fist of Caine: Making brawling attacks from a few yards away
  • The Gentle Rebuke: Telekinetically knock someone away without harming them

• ^[2]
  • Earthshock: Send shockwaves through the earth
  • Fist of the Titans: Attack or throw someone away telekinetically
  • The Forger's Hammer: Create weapons that do extra damage

• ^[3]
  • Flick: Make a simple motion that sends a target flying away
  • Lend the Supernatural Vigor: Grant your incredible strength to another
  • Touch of Pain: Put the full force of your strength against one person or object

• Might of the Heroes ^[4]: Perform physical feats of mythic proportion

• Plot Device ^[5]

Mind's Eye Theatre Standard Powers

• ^[6] Prowess: Your unarmed or clubbing attacks deal lethal damage instead of bashing if you so choose
• ^[7] Might: You can make a free retest on any challenge involving strength
• ^[8] Vigor: You may use the bomb (beats rock and paper, loses to scissors) on any challenge involving strength
• ^[9] Intensity: You may bid the potence and not risk losing any physical traits in challenges of strength
• ^[10] Puissance: You win on ties involving all strength based tests and deal an additional level of damage in which your strength is a factor.

Advanced Powers

• ^[11]
  • Imprint: Spend a blood trait and deal an additional level of lethal damage in crushing attacks
  • Force: In challenges involving strength you must be defeated in two tests to lose. If you win either test you win the challenge. Should you and another vampire with force both win a test then you both succeed in your goal

• ^[12]
  • Earthshock: Spend a blood and make a physical challenge against your opponent, if you win then the ground beneath your opponent explodes into a geyser of stone, rock, dirt, or whatever they're standing on at the time

• ^[13]
  • Flick: Making small gestures you're able to send your full strength against any opponent that you can see. Flick does any damage that you would normally do in hand to hand combat including the bonuses

• ^[14]
  • Destruction: Spend 3 blood traits and you deal 3 additional levels of lethal damage for the rest of the scene

References

^  Level 1

Prowess

Laws of the Night: Revised

Pg. 166

^  Level 2

Might

Laws of the Night: Revised

Pg. 166

^  Level 3

Vigor

Laws of the Night: Revised

Pg. 166

^  Level 4

Intensity

Laws of the Night: Revised

Pg. 166

^  Level 5

Puissance

Laws of the Night: Revised

Pg. 167

^  Level 6

The Fist of Caine	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 88
Imprint	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 93
The Gentle Rebuke	Clanbook: Brujah Revised	Pg. 67
Relentless Pursuit	Clanbook: Brujah Revised	Pg. 68
Master of the Forge	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 159
Force	Faith and Fire	Pg. 191
Imprint	Laws of the Night: Camarilla Guide	Pg. 59

^  Level 7

The Forger's Hammer	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 88
Earthshock	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 93
Fist of the Titans	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 159
Earthshock	Laws of the Night: Camarilla Guide	Pg. 60

^  Level 8

Touch of Pain	Dark Ages Companion	Pg. 89
Flick	Guide to the Camarilla	Pg. 94
Lend the Supernatural Vigor	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 159
Flick	Laws of the Night: Camarilla Guide	Pg. 60

^  Level 9

Might of the Heroes	Players Guide to High Clans	Pg. 159
Destruction	Laws of the Night: Camarilla Guide	Pg. 61

^  Level 10

Plot Device

Gehenna

Pg. 182